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foramen jugulare (medicine)


foramen jugulare -->
jugular foramen


A passage between the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the jugular process of the occipital, sometimes divided into two by the intrajugular processes; it contains the internal jugular vein, inferior petrosal sinus, the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves, and meningeal branches of the ascending pharyngeal and occipital arteries.

Synonym: foramen jugulare, foramen lacerum posterius.